Is WHAT over?

I think the biggest question addressed in the responses to the SFMOMA question, “Is Photography Over?” perhaps is what exactly we are talking about. What is it that is questionably over? The medium? The art form? The process? The word? Accordingly, responses varied based on individual’s interpretations of what “photography” is. Some participants claim photography is over. Some allege it just started, and others suggest it is, perhaps, simply tired. Do I personally believe photography is over? No. I think the only thing that is really quite over is the way that we perceive the word photography. The art form exists, the medium, while ever-changing, still exists. The idea that we question what “photography” means implies the idea that it has grown from meaning just a singular concept. Photography is not over, but the way we think about it is.